Muhammad Aminuddin Zakwan bin Muhammad Tahir (born 24 October 1994) is a

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who last played for

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as a

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Club career

Since 2007, Aminuddin had represented Muara Vella for club and youth level. He ended his association with the Muara side in 2014 when he joined Najip FC. Aminuddin was added to the local contingent of the

DPMM FC Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club in English, commonly known as DPMM FC) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club played in the Brunei Pr ...

squad for the 2015 S.League season in February 2015 along with Reduan Petara, Yura Indera Putera and Khairul Anwar Abdul Rahim. He was the only one out of the four to give a significant contribution to his team's title-winning season, appearing 22 times mostly at right-back. After managing only a single league appearance in 2017 (which was a 9–3 drubbing by

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on 25 May), Aminuddin was released in the close season. Aminuddin joined

shortly after and scored in the semi-final of the

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against

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in March 2018. He won an FA Cup medal by beating MS PDB in the final by 2 goals to nil. Aminuddin scored his first goal for Indera on 23 November 2018 in a 3–3 draw against MS PDB. He scored a 95th minute equaliser against the Policemen to deny them the two points.

International career

Aminuddin was a regular for various youth levels before his senior national team debut against

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on 26 September 2012. He was included in the squad for the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification and scored his first international goal against

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in a 3-2 win, making him one of the youngest goalscorers for Brunei's senior national team. Aminuddin also helped the Under-21s win the 2012 edition of the

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with a 3-goal haul in the tournament. He also made 4 appearances in the 2014 HBT, although failing to defend the title. Aminuddin was originally named for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers in

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but pulled out at the last minute. He finally made his Under-23 bow at the 2015 SEA Games, where his team lost 0–6 to

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in the first group game. After five years away from the full national team, Aminuddin made the selection for AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying matches against

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in early September 2018. He played the first half of the away leg in

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which finished in a 3–1 loss.

Personal life

Aminuddin's older brother Amir Ajmal Tahir is also a former Bruneian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Honours

Club

;Brunei DPMM FC *

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;Indera SC *

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: 2017-18 * Sumbangsih Cup: 2018

International

;Brunei U21 *

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Individual

Meritorius Service Medal (PJK) (2012)

International goals

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References

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